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Equipmentcamera: FujiFilm X-T10lens: Canon FD 50mm f/1.8lens adapter: Fotasy FD-FXfilter: Vivitar CPL 52mm_ _ _I decided to dedicate two weeks to keep an analog Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 film lens mounted on my FujiFilm X-T10. I'm not a brand loyalist, but I truly love FujiFilm's X Series line. The X-T10 is my fourth Fuji camera. As a street photographer, I don't like digging through menus like on most digital cameras. X Series cameras are built much like film cameras with the manual controls accessible on the body and the aperture ring on the lens. The camera bodies are light weight, relatively small and inconspicuous. Not to mention FujiFilm cameras work extremely well with old manual lenses from the film photography era!

I usually like to shoot street photography wide angle with a digital Fujinon 18mm f/2 lens. However, the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 is one of those old lenses with tons character. The glass creates a mood that I really can't describe. I love how it works with the FujiFilm X-T10!

I used the 'nifty fifty' lens on a personal photojournalism project during a protest rally against the closing of multiple public schools in Detroit. I captured the majority of the shots with the aperture wide open with an ISO setting of 250. Using analog lenses makes me be more conscious of how to focus and compose the subject. Instead of taking hundreds of shots on the SD card, I pretend like I only have two rolls of film with 36 exposures each. That way I am not shooting just to be shooting. I try to make every opportunity count. This decreases my editing time on the computer (which I despise!) and increases the chance of creating a powerful photograph. ​